What the SMART acronym stands for is very important.

I am routinely given the objective: Improve communication skills.

This is, I believe, a very common objective set by non-technical people for technical people to achieve--and it's an absolutely abysmal example of what an objective should be. Why? Because it does not satisfy the SMART conditions. Whether or not the goal is achieved is based entirely on a subjective opinion of the assigner of the goal.

Making sure objectives adhere to the SMART principle ensures the goals can be objectively measured.

--Solo

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You said you wanted to be around when I made a mistake; well, this could be it, sweetheart.

In reply to Re^2: Annual Self Appraisal forms and all this (censored) by Solo
in thread Annual Self Appraisal forms and all this (censored) by Jenda

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